Death Of Floyd Collins

Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell
The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well
His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave
His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave

Oh, mother don't you worry, dear father don't' be sad
I'll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had
I dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save
I cried "oh, must I perish within this silent cave"

The rescue party labored, they worked both night and day
To move the mighty barrier that stood within their way
To rescue Floyd Collins, it was their battle cry
"We'll never, no we'll never, let Floyd Collins die"

But on that fateful morning, the sun rose in the sky
The workers still were busy, "we'll save him by and by"
But oh how sad the ending, his life could not be saved
His body was then sleeping in the lonely sandstone cave

Young people, all take warning from Floyd Collin's fate
And get right with your maker before it is too late
It may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb
But on that day of judgment, we too must meet our doom